moments ago, sources tell fox news that south carolina senator and 2024 presidential candidate tim scott will be endorsing former president trump. he s expected to join trump at a rally in new hampshire tonight. sandra: what does this mean for the race, and what does it mean for the candidate from scott s own state, nikki haley? charlie hurt says it could be a huge development, he ll tell us why in just moments. john: as all of this is going on, a white house briefing set to begin minutes from now, the unrelenting border crisis converges on the nation s capital in more ways than one. john roberts in washington. it s pretty sandra, with all the snow coming down. sandra: enjoy the snow in d.c., coming down here in new york as well. this is america reports . holding cabinet level immigration talks with mexican officials as pressure mounts on the president to do something about the historic surge of migrants flowing into the u.s. not only felt in border towns but major c
retaliatory strikes against iranian-backed militant groups. the latest on the rising tensions in the region, plus, trump s christmas message lashing out at special counsel jack smith as the former president tries to get his election interference case thrown out. so, is the former commander in chief immune from criminal prosecution? we ll see. we ll talk about that coming up. and later on, the presents opened and the cookies devoured, millions of americans set to travel today in the post christmas rush. i m going to speak to a travel expert about some travel tips to help you survive the misery. hey, everybody. good morning to you. merry post christmas. we begin this hour with the breaking news out of the middle east. president biden ordering retaliatory strikes against iranian-backed militia groups in iraq after three u.s. service members were injured in a drone attack in northern iraq on monday. since october 17th, there have now been at least 103 separate attacks on u.s.
feeding realtime information to the houthis as iranian-backed group target ships in the red sea in an attempt to disrupt shipping and military traffic. i m jacqui heinrich. griff: i m griff jenkins. hour two here we go as the war wages in northern gaza despite calls for humanitarian pause. greg palcokk in tel aviv. down south in gaza some very rough battles as we will continue to pound various hamas targets today saying it has killed a top weapon smuggler for the group. they are zeroing in on the headquarters in the south and trying to finish off strongholds in the north where miltants have been holding on. despite widespread devastation, israel not altering its approach after yesterday s resolution in the un security council calling for humanitarian pause. that was toned down a bit after the u.s. go along with abstention, critics say it s not strong enough to get sufficient aid to gaza as houthi fighters continue attacks on international shipping in the red sea, we just go
. we re following breaking news from the supreme court with the rejection of jack smith s request for expediting the presidential immunity and the question is if trump can be prosecuted for alleged crimes while he may have been committed in office is very much in the air. that is delay, delay, they if you re on the trump side of things and we have the full slate of analysts tracking this. evan, take us through this ruling, a one sentence order but with major implications? that s right. they denied this which jack smith raised, which is the question if the former president has immunity for the actions he took while he was in office, you know, during the closing days of the 2020 election season, and the other thing that the former president is raising that because he was impeopled by the house but acquitted by the senate, it would be a double jeopardy, and the department of justice cannot bring charges in that same action, and this is pending in the supreme court, and the
i think they re doing a good job keeping the lines moving. yeah, the holidays. they re waiting for us. get tsa precheck. i m not sponsored with united but get it. it makes everything easier. kansas city. go to kansas city. kansas city here i come. pretty crazy. we sat in the customed line a long time and missed our connecting flight. here early. it s busy right now. neil: all right. they are off. today shaping up to be the busiest day of the holiday season, maybe the entire year. the tsa expecting 2.5 million flyers to be screened each day through the start of the new year. one industry group is saying that will be chump change. it will be busier than that. whether it s by air or road, get ready for a busy your world. we take off now. see what i did there? we take off now. all on basic cable. welcome. i m neil cavuto. let s go to my buddy outside chicago o hare. garrett tenney with what he s seen of the crowds and the build-up. what s going on, garrett? yeah,